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Recruitment Open Event - Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Glasgow
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Client:
NHS 24
Location:
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Reference:
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Job Views:
3
Posted:
23.05.2025
Expiry Date:
07.07.2025
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Job Description:
NHS 24 are recruiting for PWP's to join our Regional Centres in Cardonald (Glasgow) and Dundee, you can find out more about the role here:
We are holding a variety of events on the dates listed below. We hope you'll be able to join us:
* Wednesday 28th May at 18:30 on MS Teams
* Friday 30th May at 18:00 in our Cardonald Centre
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
The Role
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners provide brief clinical risk and mental health and wellbeing assessment, formulation for people who may be presenting with mental health and wellbeing concerns.
Working via telephone, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners will use their experience to validate, de-escalate crisis and coach people in distress tolerance and emotional regulation strategies.
Using a range of brief psychological interventions, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners empower patients, carers and families to manage distress and crisis effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
* The post holder will support the mental wellbeing and health of patients
* Promoting positive mental health and employing behavioural techniques to increase mental wellbeing using a recovery-based model of care
* Work within a health care team consisting of Clinical Service Managers, Senior Charge Nurses and Mental Health Nurse Practitioners
* As part of a national service, will support with mental health and wellbeing calls, which may be of a very diverse nature covering all clinical aspects from an infinite variety of callers, whose cultural, social and emotional diversities require acknowledging and taking into consideration during the consultation
* Work with clients experiencing a variety of mental health and wellbeing concerns via telephone. Through completing a mental health triage assessment, the post holder will provide patients with a safe and appropriate outcome
* Undertake clinical risk assessments, based on latest empirical evidence and compliant with local policies and procedures
* Maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
* Comply with the requirements of regulatory bodies and be aware of any change in these. To maintain up to date knowledge of all relevant legislation.
* Ensure that all interventions are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with current best evidence and related practice within the work area.
Successful applicant will demonstrate:
* Graduate level qualification or evidence of equivalent relevant experience of working at graduate level.
* Experience in relevant field of mental health and wellbeing practice
* Be able to apply evidenced-based psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service
* Evidence of carrying out assessment of needs / care planning to meet individual needs
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to work independently without direct supervision
* Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information
Our Enhanced Salary Package:
NHS 24 offers a complete benefits package, with a permanent contract on Band 5 £31,892 - £39,735* (pro rata for part-time hours).
* Basic Hourly Rate of £16.53
* Saturday / After 8pm Weekday Hourly Rate of £24.79
* Sunday / Public Holiday Hourly Rate of £33.06
*Placement on salary scale is dependent on confirmation of previous relevant NHS service.
Our mission at NHS 24 is to create a workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued and part of the team. As an organisation that promotes inclusion, we celebrate difference, and we encourage everyone who joins us to be themselves at work.
We are progressing an Anti-Racism Action Plan, which builds on our existing equalities work, and this will help us to measure our progress towards becoming an anti-racist organisation.
NHS 24 is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.
Please note that NHS 24 is NOT licensed to issue certificates of sponsorship under current UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations. Applicants must have the right towork in the UK without requiring sponsorship to work with us.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.
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